Run for the hills

I went out in search of lightning photos the other night, and even though the skies looked pretty threatening, no lightning ever materialized. As I headed home I passed this piece of farm equipment sitting at a local business and decided to light paint it with a flash. I named the photo ”run for the hills” because between the sky ,and the front end of this contraption, I thought it looked pretty menacing. Its called a forage harvester,and I think it does corn but it may have other uses for all I know.

4 responses to “Run for the hills

  1. Wow, your photos continue to impress me. Would love to know how to do this technique.

    • It is actually quite simple. set up your tripod, usually around dark,so your flash can light whatever areas you want. first i get an ambient light exposure for the sky portion,then i simply light each section of the subject as needed. this shot was around 20 seconds for the available light,and then i hit it with an off camera flash at various angles. i use manual flash and adjust accordingly. the flash images are brought in on top of the base layer,and then i put that layer on lighten mode,and when you brush across the photo,the only thing that shows up is the flash you did.

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